Improvement in machines for calcimining



A. BROOKS. Machine for Oaloimining.

No. 208,366. Patented Sept. 24,1878.

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N. PETERS, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER WASHINGTON. D

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

ASA BROOKS, OF II/UVLEYTON, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR CALCIMINING.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 208,366, dated September 24, 1878; application filed July 24, 1878.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved machine for calcimining, painting, and whitewashing the ceilings of rooms, and which shall'be so constructed as to do the work in a rapid and workmanlike manner.

The invention consists in the combination of the base, the wheels, the stationary standards, the sliding standards, the keepers and set-screws, the top board, the pan, the guard brush, the rotating brush, the pulleys and cord, the crankshaft, crank, and drum, the two cords, and the two pulleys, with each other, as herein after fully described.

A is the base or platform of the machine, which is mounted upon four small wheels, B, so that it may be readily moved back and forth across the floor. To the middle part of the ends of the platform A are firmly attached the lower ends of two standards, 0, to the upper ends of which are attached bands or keepers D.

E are extension standards, which pass through the keepers D, and slide up and down along the outer sides of the standards To the lower ends of the sliding standards are attached bands or keepers F, which pads partially around the standards O, and are provided with set-screws G, to lock the standards E in any position into which they may be adjusted. To the upper ends of the sliding or extension standards E are attached the ends of a board or plat-form, H, upon which is placed a pan, I, to receive the calcimine,

paint, or whitewash to be applied to the ceiL mg.

To the pan I are attached half-keepers J, which overlap and slide along the side edges of the top board, H, to keep the said pan Iin place upon it, and allow it to be readily at tached and detached, as required.

To one or both the side edges of the pan 1 is attached a guard-brush or sponge, K, to brush off the wall before the calcimine, paint, or whitewash is applied to it, and to prevent the calcimiue from spattering over. In bearings in the ends of the pan I revolve the journals of a cylindrical or rotary brush, L, by which the calcimine, paint, or whitewash is applied.

One of the journals of the brush L projects, and to it is attached a pulley, M, around which passes a cord, X. The cord N also passes around a pulley, O, attached to the crankshaft l, which works in bearin gs attached to the lower parts of the sliding standards E, and to one of the ends of which is attached, or upon it is formed, acrauk, Q, by means of which the machine is operated.

To the shaft 1, between the'standards O, is attached a drum, It, having flanges upon its ends, to which are attached the ends of two cords, S, which are wound upon it in such a way that one may be unwound as the otheris being wound up. The cords S pass around two guide-pulleys, T, attached to the middle part of the base A.

The ends of the cords S project upon the opposite sides of the machine, and have hooks, rings, or loops attached to or formed upon them, to receive the awl or other instrument by which they are secured to the floor at the opposite sides of the room.

To the slidingstandards E are attached the ends of a curved rod, U, to serve as a handle for steadying the machine while being used.

With this construction, when the ends of the cords S have been secured to the floor and the crank Q is turned, the machine will be drawn across the floor, and the brush L will be rotated to apply the calcimine, paint, I brush K, the rotating brush L, the pulleys and or whitewash to the ceiling. cord M O N, the crank-shaft, crank, and drum Having thus described my invention, I P Q R, the two cords S, and the two pulleys claim as new and desire to secure by Letters T, With each other, substantially as herein Patent shown and described.

The combination of the base A, the wheels ASA BROOKS. B, the stationary standards 0, the sliding Witnesses: standards E, the keepers and set-screws I) F HENRY MOsHER,

G, the top board, H, the pan I, the guard- CALEB S. GAGE. 

